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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "mariam ajaoe" <mariam_aja@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:40:30 +0100
Subject: REPLY!
My Dear Friend,
I am sorry to encroach in your privacy, please permit me to introduce
myself to you. My name is Mariam Ajaoe Omotoriola, I am the eldest
daughter of late Engr Omotoriola Ajaoe, i am 22 years old and a final
year
students of mathematics in the university of Ibadan.I lost both parents
in
a plane crash on the 4th of may 2002 in the city of Kano, Nigeria.My
late
father Engr.Omotoriola Ajaoe was the then Area Manager of Petroleum
Pipeline Marketing Cooperation (PPMC) before his death, he was a
wealthy
man, and infact a model. Before his death he had three petrol stations,
and numerous properties in the country. But after his death, his family
members teamed up and sold all his properties both fixed and current,
and
now we are left with nothing. About two weeks ago, my father's personal
lawyer, Barr. Idris Abdul (SAN) contacted us and made us understand
that
my late father has some amount of money to the tune of ($3.2 million
usd),Three million two hundred thousand united state dollar in a
suspense
account in a security company in abroad. He went further to say that he
has the legal power as my fathers attorney to release all documents
that
will enable us make claims of the fund, but that the only problem we
will
have is that we will have to look for an honest, God fearing foreigner
who
will act as my fathers partner in business so as to make claims of the
fund.Consequently, I also intend to donate part of this fund to the
motherless babies and orphanage once we are able to claim the fund
because
as an orphan I have suffered so much, and I know what it takes for one
to
stay without parents.This is the reason why I decided to seek for your
assistant and cooperation to help us make claims of my father property.
As
soon as I receive your positive response, I will inform my fathers
lawyer
so that he can reach you and explain what is expected of you in this
matter. I urgently await your response.You can reach me via my private
email account(m_ajaoe@yahoo.co.uk)
Regards
Mariam Ajaoe.
m_ajaoe@yahoo.co.uk
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